Easter is over for another year and hopefully none of you had your easter plans ruined by the weather or other factors.I was driving a car from Stanthorpe to brisbane this arvo and i saw lots of bicycles - on the back of or on roof of cars.Not surprising, considering the heavy traffic and heavy rain.But to my astonishment there was a determined cyclist on a touring bike just near the crest of the Great dividing Range at Cunningham's Gap.He was doing it the hard way, walking up the last steep pinch, before the crest of the range, in pouring rain and with traffic whizzing by.I was driving in the opposite direction and pulled over long enough for him to indicate that he was OKHe was a tall middle-aged guy with a bit of an english accent, and was in charge of a moderately laden touring bike.I hope he managed to get to a safe and comfortable destination before it got dark, whoever he is and wherever he is .

Steve

"Technology gives us much more information but Education is never be able to give us the skill to evaluate it"

I was driving down M Coot-tha this afternoon in the pouring rain, and on the opposite side of the road saw two very determined girls on their road bikes, slogging it up the mountain in the wet. Kudos to 'em.

I might be paranoid, but it doesn't mean that people aren't out to get me.
08 Orbea Dauphine

My mum and I took a big dose of HTFU and did an 80Km trundle to Sandgate and back. Piss-poured for about 50Km of it She thanked me later for talking her out of doing the 100.

Max

One of the best things about bicycle commuting is that it can mitigate the displeasure of having to go to work. - BikeSnobNYCCycling is sometimes like bobbing for apples in a bucket full of dicks. - SydGuy

Anyone that attemps the great Divid on a main road needs a huge thumbs up.

Donald

BCC give us some more bikeways fore safe travel!!!!Upgrade the NCL now QR!!!!!!http://nakedcyclistbrissy.blogspot.com/My views do not represent any organisation I may be apart of unless otherwise stated

muggah wrote:All the bike cleaning and shoe drying over the past week has taken it's toll on my sanity!!

+1. Is there such a thing as a waterproof shoe? Or at least a shoe that dries bloody fast? Mine are still wet from Monday's ride

Max

One of the best things about bicycle commuting is that it can mitigate the displeasure of having to go to work. - BikeSnobNYCCycling is sometimes like bobbing for apples in a bucket full of dicks. - SydGuy

Thanks guys, I'll give it a go the next time my mum says "nah, you won't need your shoe covers!!!"

Max

One of the best things about bicycle commuting is that it can mitigate the displeasure of having to go to work. - BikeSnobNYCCycling is sometimes like bobbing for apples in a bucket full of dicks. - SydGuy

I was another crazy, determined biker pedaling hard in the pouring rain in Brisbane over Easter. Having just got on my bike again after a 15year break I wasn't going to let a little pelting rain stop me....Besides I enjoyed aquaplaning through the puddles...lol

I too had a problem with drenched and water filled boots but I found the solution. Because of a disability I ride in desert boots (I know it sounds crazy) so the weight I was flinging around got heavier with every puddle. Riding with puddles in my boots wasn't that good for the old joints...lol

I bought a can of spray on waterproofing agent and sprayed my riding boots after drying them out. Also I got some workman boot stone and dirt keeperer outerer things, you know the elasticised dress like things, you wear on your ankles and pull down over your boots that stop the dirt and stones filling your boots, and waterproofed those as well.

Worked a treat!

There's something invigorating, riding at speed, along bike tracks covered in water, in the pouring rain, with virtually no visibility! OR I'm nuts!...lol